Administrator Jatheish Posted January 30, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2016 Greetings Survivors! Welcome to a combined issue of ARK Digest 26 and Community Crunch 35! Apologies about the delay on these features, quite a few things had propped up the past few weeks/days and it’s been occupying our time! Thank you guys for being so patient <3 Modding Contest! Don’t forget guys! We welcome modders of new and old to get involved in the contest and show us that you’ve got what it takes to create the most impressive mod of 2016! To start developing your ARK mod, use the ARK Dev Kit, a streamlined version of the UE4 Editor, to simplify the creation and sharing process of ARK: Survival Evolved which is available to download now for free via the Epic Games Launcher at www.unrealengine.com. You can read more about the contest here. ARK Testers! We’re in the process of recruiting more testers to help us with pre-release builds and other special upcoming features! You can apply to be a tester here (You’ll only see the application when you’re signed onto the forums - so make sure to create an account!): Application! Also testers are given an exclusive Account-Bound cosmetic to indicate their much appreciated helpfulness, extra useful to wear when testing something!! Gamepedia’s Official ARK Wiki App! The app allows you to browse the Official Wiki from your phone or tablet, save your favorite pages for offline use, and easily locate the game information you need to thrive on the island. Great app for Survivors who need information on the go or quick-access whilst playing ARK! You can Download the app now from Google Play or https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/official-ark-wiki/id1072926381 and if you're interested in contributing your own ARK: Survival Evolved knowledge, visit the Official ARK Wiki on Gamepedia. ARK Goodies! We receive a lot of requests regarding where you can purchase ARK goodies, we’re still in the process of getting everything setup, though there are a few things survivors can get their hands on! Sandboxr 3D ARK Prints! For the past few weeks Sandboxr have been working on creating some fantastic ARK 3D Models. Currently these are limited to a few models but if you guys enjoy them and want more, we'll work with them on bringing more models to you! Get them here! Don’t Forget To Be Awesome! The lovely guys over at DFTBA have been helping us out by working with us to sell ARK T-Shirts and Posters on their site! So for those of you who are after an ARK Shirt, Poster or SoTF shirt, you can get your hands on them over at: http://store.dftba.com/collections/ark-survival-evolved Fan Feature Round Up by Jynn Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=607403561 Sequoia by Connisaur Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=606266385 Metatrox’s EPIC 4K Shots! Check out their entire album: http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/gallery/album/288-cool-shots-4k-epic-settings/ An ARK Sunrise by Owandy45 Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608955558 T-Rex by DeathDealerWithReasonablePrices Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609377991 Contemplating on the back of Azael by JoeLongLegs Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=605850933 Black and White Survivor by JoeLongLegs Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608280341 Introducing Godzillasaurus by (DLG)LockJaw! Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=606208469 Fanmade Dossier: Abraham Lincoln by Yuugi Hoshiguma Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=610159047 Fanmade Dossier: Mononykus by Blackfrog Fanmade Dossier: Sinornithosaurus by GamerNova Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=605719391 Fanmade Dossier: Meiolania by jugglebird Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=606789341 Fanmade Dossier: Ostafrikasaurus by Shadios Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609346215 Fanmade Dossier: Tanystropheus by Shadios Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609405982 Fanmade Dossier: Cryolophosaurus by Spike Nitros Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609046345 Fanmade Dossier: Rhizodus by Shadios Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609397728 Fanmade Dossier: Neanderthal by Mr_ZombieGamer Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608831023 Fanmade Dossier: DracoRex by KatsumiHatake Source: Community Contests! ARKitect This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judge based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! The ARKitect for Community Crunch 35 is.. Valoule’s Notre Dame Cathedral! You can check out his full album here: http://imgur.com/a/cq6pD Very impressive build Valoule! Congratulations We'd also like to give a special shout-out to the following Survivors as they are the runners up for this week! Alluv!on’s Community Bar Looks like a great place to grab a drink DNrednex’s Lake House You can check out his full album here: https://imgur.com/a/nnC1X Very relaxing place, it’s even got it’s own diving board! Grüffelo’s Castle! FataL1ty’s Space ‘ARK’ Invaders ARKArt This is an award given to survivors who have created beautiful work of art for that week! As always, the artwork is not being judged on the quality of the screenshot or the graphical settings used, but instead what you have managed to draw and produce in game. The ARKArtist for Community Crunch 35 is… ±’s “Prelude of a battle” We'd also like to give a special shout-out to the following Survivors as they are the runners up for this week! Metatrox’s 4K Apocalypse Shot! We don’t often hand-out prizes for non-pixel art but this was great! Thanks Metatrox Faranthea’s Dino Pixel Art! Okim’s Frog Trio! Thank you for all the entries this week guys! Congratulations to all our winners and if you’d like to take a look at what all the survivors submitted, you can do so here: Workshop Spotlight! Workshopper: MRRadioActiv’s Workshop MRRadTools.INC Content Pack http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=497432858 Can you introduce yourself to the community, and let us know about what it is that you are currently working on? Quote Hello everyone, my name is MRRadioActiv and I am the creator of MRRadTools.INC. I currently live in Austria and I spend a lot of my free time working on my new models and my mod. What types of things do you have planned in terms of Extra ARKs core-features? Quote The purpose of this mod is really simple, it’s to add more content to the game! I am focusing on making a lot of custom assets. So far I have added One rifle and I plan to add another one very soon. The mod also introduces a lot of decorative content into the game and a few defensive walls. What has the feedback and response been like from the community so far? Quote The reaction from the Community has been very positive so far! I have 200 form ratings with only 3 negative comments which were from the first days of the mod. I had some trouble at the beginning making it stackable, as it was my first UE4 experience however it’s resolved now. The important thing for me now is to ensure that the community have fun with my mod. What are the long-term goals for the mod? Are you planning to continuously update it and do you have any upcoming features planned? Quote I am planning quite a lot of new things for the mod. However I need quite a bit of time to create this content because I want it to be perfect and I am trying to give everything the ARK look which can take quite a bit of time. Quote Some of the things that players can expect to see: A heavy sniper rifle - it differs to a normal rifle as it’s a Gauss Sniper Rifle - you can check out a preview here: Quote Corner parts of my walls Primitive Sunshades Solar Panels More tables & Chairs Decorative Plants! and more ideas to come! What is your creative process like when adding an extra item? Do you look for ideas from the community or has this just come from playing the game and being inspired through your experience? Quote Right now I would say that it’s a good split. Half of what I make are my own ideas and another half is from what the community request. If I have a new idea, I will head into the game and check the vanilla content, I’ll see if I can make use of any models and if so I’ll export the model with the right size and look. I’ll then start to build up a new model using the old one to get a good idea on how to size it correctly. For example I was using the behemoth wall to create my wall: Tell us more about your experience with modding. How are you finding the process so far? How are you finding working with the ARK Dev kit? Quote The most experience I have with modding is creating models, I don’t have a lot of experience with UE4 so it is a learning experience for me. Working with the ADK is awesome but I wish there was more documentation to learn about it. Do you have any tips for upcoming modders on what they can do when working with UE4 and ARK itself? Quote I am currently in the process of making a tutorial on how to make mods for ARK! It will cover mod planning, model creation, importing to the ADK, and mod cooking. Unfortunately it’ll be in German but you’ll be able to check it out: http://arkforum.de/wiki/index.php/Entry/565-Modding-Kapitel-1-Einfuehrung/ Is there anything you’d like to end with before wrapping this up? Quote I would just like to give a shout-out to all the players who use my mod and provide feedback, I am very grateful! and to you Wildcard for creating this game and allowing us to mod for it! Thanks for your time MrRadioActiv and thanks for the Mod! ARK Digest Q+A Survivor, ImpureFrost asks, “Yeti's were confirmed to roam the Snowy Caves, Could we have more details? Were they prehistoric? Or myth related?” Quote They’re kind of a one-off variation of Gigantopithecus, as you’ll soon see. Survivor, Oliver266 asks, “Will we see more pack animals such as the compy!” Quote Yeah, including the upcoming Allosaurus! Survivor, Samula asks, “Will I get a giant rideable bunny for Easter?” Quote As a matter of fact... Survivor, RaptorJesus asks, “Spino roar: It's in the dev kit, it was an option for the 3D Prints, why is it not ingame yet? (would love to see it)” Quote Yeah we’ll go ahead and add that soon. Survivor, The7thSpartan21 asks, “ Any chance of a friends list being added to the ark main menu on xbox? It'd be nice to see what servers your friends are on so they can be joined more easily (:” Quote Very likely, we’ll look into how viable this is. Survivor, TheToboogan asks, “I was wondering if it will be possible to edit all the different dedicated server modifiers on the Xbox one like the PC.” Quote Yeah they’ll all be exposed to the server hosting UI in the next Content Update… it’s a lot Survivor, Garall asks, “Will we have an improved narcotic later on ? carrying and remote using like 500 seems a lot” Quote Yep there will be. Survivor, Garall also asks, “Will we have an item or a dino that makes vegetables grow faster?” Quote Greenhouse was just added Survivor, Neizan asks, “Can you add bleeding (decreasing HP) feature? I want see this hability on thezirino attacks” Quote Yes, the Thezinosaurus and some other creatures will have a bleed attack, necessitating bandages. Survivor, Scriffignano asks, “This game has a fantastic mix of well known and not so well known dinosaurs. What is your line of reasoning when you pick animals for the game and the abilities that you give them?” Quote We try to hit all the classic obvious Dino favorites and then add some more exotic creatures that have something interesting to us: either a specific unique visual, or a clearly distinct ability that would benefit gameplay (I’m looking at you, wall-climbing lizard!). Survivor, OnePotatoChip also asks, “Ever think of implementing an Endangered Species mechanic for creatures that're overhunted, reducing their spawn rate 'til they're barely present? Of course, they'd recoup if left alone for a week or so. Could add an interesting dynamic.” Quote Sounds like a good mod idea, should be achievable via a mod I think... Survivor, Tex asks, “Could server admins please have a .ini option to disable the Alpha/Giga stone damage ability? DinoStoneDamage=False” Quote Haha sure Survivor, Cjmshadow89 asks, “Will there be a possibility for small bugs and lizards roaming the forests? Small fish in the rivers and ocean? These little creatures are just visual and don't reward you anything. They just add to the aesthetics of the game. Just an idea.” Quote Yeah those would typically be achieved as ‘particle’ effects, and the environment will be getting a pass over accordingly as we proceed. Survivor, Sarlexz asks, “Hi, will the game preview on the Xbox one be available in sweden?” Quote Regional Availability: We know some of you are currently unable to play ARK: Survival Evolved and have questions about where the game is available and when it will be available in additional regions. This is because ARK: Survival Evolved is in the Xbox Game Preview program, which is currently available as a pilot program in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. Microsoft is working on rolling out Game Preview to additional countries and it will eventually be available worldwide. While they have not announced a specific timeline, they have assured us that it will be expanding to more countries soon and they will share more details as soon as possible. And as soon as they share them with us we will share them with you! Survivor, clvrgalileo asks, “May have missed it but did someone chime in about whether or not we would have to buy the game again when the final edition comes out?” Quote If you have opted into Xbox Game Preview Preview or Steam’s Early Access, you will not need to purchase another copy of the game! Survivor, Bl00di3knuckl3z asks, “Fire i know was previously talked about being weaponised, how would we do this? Would we use oil to mix with arrows for Fire arrows? And oil in hide to possibly make flaming swords? That would be awesome!!” Quote You will indeed be able to make fire arrows as part of this process. Survivor, Bl00di3knuckl3z also asks, “Narcotics is a pain in the booty to make waiting for meat to spoil; but more because it takes so long to make in a mortar and pestal in bulk because berries spoil so fast in there. I believes in a previous ark digest you mentioned Making a Chem set will this work for bulk narcotics, or will we have a new mixture for them to be made easier, or more powerful narcotics to make super tranquilizer darts. That could maybe be used in a fabricated sniper rifle? Or even an assault rifle style tranq gun that would be super cool!” Quote Yeah the Chemistry Set will have a new mechanism for crafting narcotics. Survivor, Olympus_United asks, “Are you going to be reviewing the spawn areas of particular dinosaurs? I'm sure that the many large therapods on the island would avoid integration and keep to their own respective regions.” Quote Yeah once we get close to the final dino populations and biomes (as more biomes are incoming), we’ll do a final reworking of the spawns with more per-region specialization. Survivor, JasonB asks, “Will you guys be adding bolas into the game? A low tier weapon that can temporarily drop players and small creatures. Will help with those that flee in the early game.” Quote Would be a neat primitive weapon, we'll think on it. Survivor, JasonB asks, “Any details you can give us on that other than diseases regarding Survival Phase 2?“ Quote You’ll be able to get localized injuries, and bleeding. Survivor, fergdaddy asks, “How big will the giant squid be? Either in a unit measurement estimate or in comparison to another animal in the game, whatever works.” Quote About 80% of the size of the Mosasaurus Survivor, Nina asks, “With the mating bonus symbols (the hearts), can they be different shades of red to indicate whether the mated dino is male or female? Whenever I nicely line up my dinos and a wild argent or something scatters them, it's a pain to run up close enough to each one and see what their gender is.” Quote Good idea, will make that change. Survivor, PermaBanThis asks, “Another question I have, with the Tek Tier and underwater sealed bases coming in, have there been any thoughts to include a primitive submarine? Such as, The Turtle (Picture below)?” Quote Underwater bases wouldn’t be complete without underwater submersibles! But not likely at the primitive tier. Survivor, benjaminjredmond asks, “Quick Question, When the Dire Bear is released could we get a Bear Skin Rug to place in our base? Would look really good with the Fireplace that you guys released a little while ago.” Quote Heh we’ve stayed away from focusing too heavily on purely-cosmetic structures yet… but maybe down the line Survivor, Kaprodonychus asks, “I was reading ark digest 26 and you mentioned breeding phase 2. Care to elaborate on what happens in phase 2” Quote Randomized mutation, and growth/stat-benefiting interaction with babies/juveniles, among other changes! Survivor, The Scarlet Devil asks, “Will the oceans around the Ark become deeper- as in a real abyss; with freezing temperatures, true pitch-black water and bizarre and terrifying animals only found there?” Quote We have something major planned for underwater along the lines you describe, but it’s a little ways off. Survivor, NineVoltDevil asks, “Can you please add more crops. We now need a fertilizer item sink now that we have beetles.” Quote Yep more crops incoming. Also Plant Species X is gonna consume fertilizer with each shot… :-P Survivor, DemonDJ Jr asks, “With to introduction of passenger saddles, will creatures such as mammoths & T-rex's eventually get passenger saddles, and will larger creatures be able to hold more than 3 passengers?” Quote We’re considering it Survivor, ryanmc15 asks, “Could we have more settings for xbox one single player? spoil timers etc” Quote Yes, as indicated above we’ll be exposing all the options from PC. Survivor, cels asks, “With tribe alliances. Will there also be a separate chat channel as to only message to those who are part of the alliance?” Quote Yup we'll be including this! Survivor, ToxicantFuture3 asks, “How will the grappling hooks work? I am really interested. Will we be able to shoot it at structures and climb the rope, or can we shoot it at cliffs and climb the cliffs? I would really like to rock climb.” Quote You’ll be able to use it to scale both structures and the environment. That’s it for this week’s Community Crunch and ARK Digest guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on Twitter at @survivetheark, Facebook at www.facebook.com/survivetheark and Reddit at www.reddit.com/r/playark! Thanks everyone! All the best, Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team View full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Chris Posted January 30, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2016 " but if you guys enjoy them and want more, we'll work with them on bringing more models to you! " HINT HINT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbatus Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 So. Much. Ambition... Then again, I'm picturing all this being in within the next ~6 months for release... Is that still the plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xopha Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 None of my questions and isn't this digest 26? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbatus Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, xopha said: None of my questions and isn't this digest 26? Yes, but I'll take it... Even if it was largely focused on the xbox... Looking forward to localized damage/bleeding/requiring bandages though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighFlyer15 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 5 hours ago, Casanova said: " but if you guys enjoy them and want more, we'll work with them on bringing more models to you! " HINT HINT! We want more! We want more! Also Quote Yeah once we get close to the final dino populations and biomes (as more biomes are incoming) final dino populations and biomes (as more biomes are incoming) (as more biomes are incoming) more biomes biomeS Desert not being the last biome added to the current ARK? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aids Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 new biomes also love that mod, too bad im on xbox. Will xbox be getting mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadlos Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks for liking my Dossiers, guys! Although, something funny I noticed. For future reference, my name isn't Shadios. It's ShadLos (L capitalized to show it's there). There's an L, not an I. Don't worry, I was laughing when I saw it. People make the mistake all the time. Either way, things are looking great for this game. Keep it up you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 German Q+A part: http://arkforum.de/blog/index.php/Entry/38-ARK-Uebersichtwoche-26-ARK-Digest-26/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedan Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Aids said: new biomes also love that mod, too bad im on xbox. Will xbox be getting mods? http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/483368526568900632/ Survivor, DracoDrake55 asks, “Would the console version of Ark have a way to host your own server and/or mods?” Answer: It does indeed! At least on Xbox One thus far ;)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysteryGM Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Would love for them to address the really bad dedicated server mod implementation... its a nightmare not only keeping up with updated mods but its also a nightmare from the clients prospective of logging in, dowloading mod, timeout.... over and over and over... sure you can sub but people using the browser do not know your mods etc... it needs to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevalierknight Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 place dont change plant x you can aready out run them now you will just drain them it will become useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePotatoChip Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Aww. A lot of the interesting questions got ignored. Pfft, and a lot of my ideas are only suitable for mods, apparently. C'est la vie. At least we know there're more biomes coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyetm Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 So excited for the chemist set and and tribe alliance chat, an easy way to add chat channels would be nice especially for an RP server. OOC i.e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22Habu22 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 8 hours ago, Turbatus said: Yes, but I'll take it... Even if it was largely focused on the xbox... Looking forward to localized damage/bleeding/requiring bandages though!! None of mine either. Next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeMastar Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I'd love to see cavemen running around attacking mammoths lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonDJ Jr Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks for answering my question ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpureFrost Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Off-one variation of a gigantopithecus.. That wasn't really the question but whatevs good job devs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 One addition to the game that could give a parasaurs and phiomas more of a purpose would be like a primitive carriage of sorts. Like say u need 2 parasaurs or 2 phiomas to pull it and, u could hook them up to the carriage kinda like a horse.It would help moving to far areas and kinda act like a really small boat on land. and you should be able to craft it as a low level like 15. im sure you guys could create something knowing how creative you guys are. please comment or share this if u think this idea is a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFreed Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 can we get more primitive stuff? the gap between early and late game is getting a bit way to rediculous its hard enough having to deal with endless giga's rockets c4 turtles when all you have and can make is stone walls and POSSIBLY a ballista.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyXxXTaco Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Will you guys be adding a wooden cart of somesort to attach on dinos for players to ride in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiewo1fy Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 id like some sort of counter to tell me how many items iv place in an area and the ability to just pick up and replace items instead of the option to just demolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted January 31, 2016 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2016 1 hour ago, zombiewo1fy said: id like some sort of counter to tell me how many items iv place in an area and the ability to just pick up and replace items instead of the option to just demolish Hi @zombiewo1fy, it's great to see that you have suggestions of what you'd like to see in the game. The best place to put your suggestions is in the suggestions forum i'll link below. Just start a thread in there for your own suggestion. http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/forum/64-game-suggestions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Collin Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Quote Yep more crops incoming. Also Plant Species X is gonna consume fertilizer with each shot… :-P Please don't do this. Plant turrets as they stand now don't even do that much damage and are really just for keeping wild dinos away or slight deterrents to noobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantus Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Quote Yep more crops incoming. Also Plant Species X is gonna consume fertilizer with each shot… :-P I really hope that was a little joke there or you mean "fertilizer units as ammo" rather than whole bags. In my opinion. Fertilizer should not be balanced around owning a Beetle. The purpose of owning a Beetle was to reward the player with advanced Fertilizer production for braving the caves to tame one. Beetles should not become the "default" method of getting fertilizer. There needs to be reward for taming certain animals in the form of a bonus or a decrease in grinding, instead of making that animal the staple requirement to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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